University of Connecticut School of Law

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.20.16

* A law school peeping tom? Police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Yiyan Wang with 15 counts of voyeurism for allegedly videotaping women inside a bathroom in UConn Law's library. He allegedly placed his phone beneath the stall walls to film them. He is currently being held on $250,000 bond, and will face a judge in early November. [FOX 61 Connecticut] * "Walmart is the new marketplace. It's where people go. It makes sense to be there." Look out, Missouri, because The Law Store is coming to a Walmart Supercenter near you. The firm has three locations now, and COO Kurt Benecke says the firm is priced to compete with LegalZoom, charging flat fees without any hourly rates. [Springfield News-Leader] * Zucker Goldberg & Ackerman, a defunct New Jersey foreclosure law firm which laid off hundreds of its employees last year, is now suing Wells Fargo, with the bankrupt firm claiming that the bank's extreme delays in correcting its robo-signing problems and its refusal to pay $2.5M for work performed caused the firm to fail. [Wall Street Journal] * "Justice shouldn’t be about the money in your pocket. Justice has to be the same for everybody, no matter your station in life, color of your skin or resources in your pocket." Jonathan Lippman, who recently retired as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, will lead Fordham Law's new justice initiative. Congrats! [Big Law Business] * Judge Vicente Bermudez, a Mexican federal jurist who handled appeals in several cartel cases, including those of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the jailed leader of the Sinaloa cartel, and Miguel Trevino, the former leader of the Zetas cartel, was assassinated at his home on Monday. Descanse en paz, Su Señoría. [Reuters]

By Staci Zaretsky
Basketball

Non-Sequiturs: 05.03.13

* Eugene Volokh analyzes the free-speech issues raised by the prosecution of Anya Bargh, the UConn law student accused of sending anti-Semitic and racist emails. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Lawyerist thinks you suck, not the gunners. Discuss. [Lawyerist] * Law and the Multiverse now has CLE courses about comic books. Maintaining this license just got that much easier. [Law and the Multiverse] * Some new developments in the Ed O’Bannon case against the NCAA. Basically, discovery has not been kind to the NCAA. [Bloomberg] * All the editors-in-chief at Michigan Law are women. Now, if another 90 or so journals follow suit, Staci’s article will seem outdated. [Michigan Law] * Ruh-roh. Did David Boies blow the lid off campaign spending limits last cycle? [Huffington Post] * No, Mike Bloomberg was not denied a slice of pizza yesterday. [Gawker] * WARNING: If you understand math, the latest from NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly will annoy the hell out of you. [PrawfsBlawg] * Man injured in a drunken fight sues the bar that he says should have cut him off. [Overlawyered]

By Joe Patrice
9th Circuit

Morning Docket: 08.15.12

* What do Tiger Woods’s sexts, Anthony Weiner’s wiener, and the newsworthiness exception to copyright infringement have in common? They’re all in this colorful Ninth Circuit dissent. [National Law Journal] * Dewey have any idea when this “clawback” deadline will stop being extended? Partners have again been granted another extension to sign on the dotted line, but this time for only 48 hours. [WSJ Law Blog] * If your reason for resigning from your position as a congressman has to do with “increasing parenting challenges,” becoming the managing director of Biglaw practice group likely isn’t a wise choice. [POLITICO] * A shareholder suit filed against Goldman Sachs over mortgage-backed securities and early TARP repayment was dismissed. I didn’t watch the Daily Show last night, but I’m sure Jon Stewart had a great joke. [Reuters] * Musical deans? Hot on the heels of Jeremy Paul’s announcement that he was leaving for Northeastern, Professor Willajeanne McLean has been appointed as interim dean at UConn Law. [Connecticut Law Tribune] * Law school didn’t build that: as it turns out, a juris doctor isn’t as versatile a degree as it’s made out to be. Just because you managed to get a good non-law job, it doesn’t mean a J.D. helped you. [Am Law Daily] * Jaynie Mae Baker, the Millionaire Madam’s sidekick, has struck a plea deal with the DA. She won’t be going to jail for her adventures in high-class hooking, and might walk away without a criminal record. [New York Post]

By Staci Zaretsky